How to equip a small kitchen in Khrushchev: design, photo, ideas

Kitchen in Khrushchev - this is only 5-6 square meters with low ceilings, and in order to accommodate everything that should be in a modern kitchen, designers have to make a lot of effort. As a rule, apartments with such small kitchens are inherited or bought on the secondary market - in new homes these premises are much larger. What to do if you have at your disposal a similar apartment or live in it for many years? How to equip the kitchen in Khrushchev?

Kitchen design in Khrushchev

Before embarking on refurbishment, it is necessary to clean the workplace - take out everything that is not needed, and only litters the kitchen. If you haven't used any object for two or three years, it only in vain takes place in the kitchen, where every centimeter is expensive. Remember that it is impossible to contain everything in a limited space, leave only that without which it is really impossible to do.

The main function of the kitchen is cooking, and this determines the design of the room. Good light, bright enough to be comfortable to cook is one of the basic requirements. The lighter the kitchen in Khrushchev - the more spacious it seems.

Optimization

In some cases, you can do without a major overhaul, it is enough to revise the approach to the organization of the working space and optimize it.

Furniture

• All surfaces must be working. The more efficiently they are used, the more space there is in the kitchen. For example, a window sill can be turned into an additional work surface or a small breakfast table.
• The dining table is better to bring into the room, or even do without it, replacing the folding or folding design. The design of a modern Khrushchev kitchen is not designed for the family to dine here, but you can have a quick snack or have breakfast at your desk or near a small bar. In the extreme case, you can put a small round table - so as not to cling to sharp corners, which often happens when there is a shortage of space.
• Consider whether you need a door in the kitchen. She eats precious centimeters, and at the same time often remains open. If you can not do without a door, you can replace it with a folding or sliding into the wall structure.
• Multifunctional furniture, changing the destination of your choice - this is the right choice for small kitchens in the Khrushchev. A desktop that transforms into a dining room, a wardrobe that hides chairs or even a small sofa for relaxing is comfortable and modern.
• In the interior of the kitchen in Khrushchev, folding furniture is very appropriate. For example, a dining table with chairs in folded form can be stored on the balcony or in the hallway, and will not in vain take up space, which is so small.

Equipment

Kitchen appliances take up quite a lot of space, especially for items such as a microwave, a mixer, an oven, a dishwasher. But here you can find a way out.

• Use the built-in technique. For example, a small-sized dishwasher fits perfectly in a cupboard under the sink.
• Replace the stove on the hob, put a washing machine or a full dishwasher in the space under it. A small oven can be built into a cabinet-column or hung on a bracket, as well as a microwave. If you do not bake often, you can give up the oven completely, shifting its function to the microwave.
• It is quite difficult to place a large refrigerator in the kitchen in Khrushchev. It can be taken out to another room, or you can pick up a built-in horizontal model and remove it under the tabletop.
• Avoid fancy shapes when choosing a design technique. A beautiful "chimney" hood "will eat" all the space above the stove, while the standard flat model will also allow you to place a hanging shelf.

Accessories

Thinking over the design of a small kitchen in Khrushchev, be attentive to the choice of accessories. Heavy curtains, a large number of small decorative elements, such as vases, plates, prints, photos - all this visually reduces space. To make the kitchen look elegant, beautiful, but it did not create a feeling of tightness, use the following techniques:

• In the design, use natural materials. Natural materials look very impressive and decorate the kitchen with their texture.
• Make the "apron" above the working surface of the main decorative element. It can be mosaic, glass, decorated with any pattern of your choice, or, for example, mirror - this solution will add volume and depth to the interior.
• Use transparent curtains on the eaves, and it should occupy the entire wall - this technique visually makes the room larger. It is even better to completely abandon the curtains and equip the window blinds or Roman curtains that do not require additional space for their placement.
• Glass and metal surfaces with their brilliance and the play of reflections not only increase the visual space of a small kitchen, but also bring an element of festivity, use them in accessories, additions and also in household appliances.

Ideas for the kitchen in Khrushchev

If you cannot do without repairs in the kitchen, try to use all the possibilities to squeeze the maximum out of the available space. This is not so difficult, given the advice of experts. All ways to expand a small kitchen are divided into two groups: visual and real.

Visual expansion of space

There are a number of professional design techniques that change the perception of space:

• The use of light colors in the decoration of walls, floor and ceiling;
• The combination of no more than two colors or shades in the design of the kitchen;
• The absence of sharp, contrasting transitions between colors;
• Wall design wallpaper with a small pattern;
• The use of furniture in neutral colors or in the color of the walls, almost invisible in the interior;
• The use of mirrors and glossy surfaces in kitchen design to create an optical effect of increasing volume;
• Use of transparent furniture (for example, a glass table or plastic transparent chairs).

Tip: Uniform lighting in the kitchen can provide ceiling lights or spotlights in the required quantity. In this case, it is permissible to hang a large suspension or a chandelier as an accent over any area, for example, above a bar counter or table.

Real expansion of space

Increase the available area of ​​a small kitchen can only be in the process of repair. As a rule, this is a redevelopment. You can remove the "extra" walls, combine the kitchen with the living room, or "cut down" part of the area at the expense of the bathroom (replacing, for example, a bath with a shower) or a corridor.

Important: Before inviting specialists, do not forget to receive the plan of the dwelling with the indication of the bearing walls in the administrative bodies. Keep in mind that in case of serious re-planning, coordination and obtaining permission will be required.

Redevelopment and repair of kitchen in Khrushchev

When planning repairs, you must first decide where the work area will be and how to equip it. The necessary equipment of the working area is a stove and a sink. They should be located close to each other in order to eliminate unnecessary walking in the cooking process. Everything else can be removed away - embedded in cabinets, hung on the walls, or even carried to another room.

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Combining a living room and a kitchen is the most common way to increase the real area allotted for household appliances and cooking. As a rule, for this, the partition between the rooms is removed, which in itself provides additional space. In some cases, it is reasonable to remove not the whole partition, but its part, thus the task of increasing the area will be solved, but at the same time functional zoning will remain.

In the joint room, first determine where the work area will be located - this depends on the location of the communications. In some cases, communication can be shifted, but it will require significant financial costs.

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Have a working area either linearly or in the form of the letter G. The corner kitchen for the Khrushchev is preferable, as it takes up less space. After the place for the kitchen zone is determined, the living room zone is determined. The dining area, if provided, is placed near the window or between the kitchen and living areas.

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Tip: In cases where the living room at the same time is a bedroom, you need to take care of additional exhaust ventilation, as well as purchase low-noise household appliances so that the refrigerator that works at night does not interfere with sleep.

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The refrigerator in the kitchen design in Khrushchev often looks quite cumbersome, because the room is small. In this case, you can go to the trick - to purchase two separate items of equipment, refrigeration and freezer cabinets of small height. They can be embedded under the countertop, or spread to different parts of the room or even different rooms. Freezer, for example - in the hallway, and leave the refrigerator in the kitchen-living room and place closer to the dining area.

If you do not plan to abandon the standard refrigerator, it should be placed in the farthest corner of the room or embedded in a niche.

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Kitchen in the Khrushchev with gas column

Preserved kitchen options in the Khrushchev with a gas column. Modern speakers look modern and stylish, but, nevertheless, do not fit into any interior. If the view of the column does not suit you, you can transfer it to the bathroom or “hide” it.

Important: All work with the gas column should be carried out by a specialist, and the options for its placement in the cabinet should be coordinated.

The easiest way to hide the column is to position it between the wall cabinets and close the door with a large number of vents. Constructing a special cabinet for a column in a small kitchen is not worth it - its dimensions must significantly exceed the dimensions of the appliance, and as a result the kitchen will decrease.

Perhaps the most original way of camouflaging is drawing pictures that correspond to kitchen design, turning a white standard surface into a visual continuation of neighboring objects. The column will cease to be evident and from the bothered home appliance will turn into an exclusive decoration of the design of a small-sized kitchen in Khrushchev.